Penholder.



No. 648,825. Patented May I, 1900.. A. ANDERSON.

PENHULDER.

(Application filed Dec. 23, 1899.)

(No Model.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALEXANDER ANDERSON, OF GREENVILLE, MISSISSIPPI, ASSIGNOR OF TIVO- THIRDS TO MAX LEMLER, OF SAME PLACE,,AND R. II. PURNELL, OF

ROSEDALE. MISSISSIPPI.

PENHQLDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 648,826 dated May 1,- 1900.

Application filed December 23, 1899. Serial No. 741,391. (No model.) I

To (all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ALEXANDER ANDER- SON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Greenville, in the county of Washington and State of Mississippi, have, invented certain new and useful Improvements in Penholders, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to penholders, and more particularly to means for ejecting a pen from the holder.

The difficulty and annoyance incident to removing a pen from the ordinary holder are well known, and it frequently happens that pens become so tightly wedged within the holder that they are broken oif in the effort to remove them, thus rendering the holder'useless, and even when the pen is loose enough to be withdrawn easily it cannot be removed without soiling the'fingers. My invention aims to avoid these objections and to provide an ejecting device whereby the pen may be quickly dislodged without touching it with the fingers.

The construction of the improvement will be fully described hereinafter and defined in the appended claims, inconnection with the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification.

In the drawings,Figure 1 is a side elevation of a penholder embodying the invention with the pen in position. Fig. 2 is a similar View showing the ejector projected outward to the position it assumes after the pen has been ejected, and Fig. 3 is a central longitudinal section of Fig. 1.

The referencenumeral 1 designates the body of the holder, and 2 the cylindrical ferrule thereof, formed on its under side with an elongated slot 3.

4 designates a ring or sleeve surrounding the ferrule 2 and adapted to slide thereon. To one side of the sleeve or ring I is secured the upper end of a strip 5 of resilient metal, which extends through the slot 3 and within the ferrule 2. The lower end of the strip 5 is bent upward and then downward to form a U-shaped loop 6 and a spring-tongue 7, ter-. minating in a curved lip S. The loop 6, which engages the pen and clamps it in position within the lower end of the ferrule, is rounded on its upper surface, as shown at 9. The up- A ward movement of the sleeve at is limited by an annular rib 10 or other suitable stop, and

its downward or outward movement is limited by thelower wall of the slot 3.

The utility and operation of the device will be readily understood. The penis inserted between the spring-loop 6 and the adjacent side of the ferrule and is firmly clamped in position by the loop. When it is desired to eject the pen, the sleeve or ring 4 is pushed from the spirit of the invention or the scope of the-following claims.

I claim- 1. The combination with a penholder-ferrule formed with an elongated slot, of a sliding sleeve on said ferrule; and an ejector comprising a strip of resilient material secured at one end to said sleeve, extending through the slot in the ferrule, and bent upon itself at its outer end to form a resilient tongue.

2. The combination with a penholden-ferrule formed at one side with an elongated slot,-

of a sliding sleeve on said ferrule; an ejector comprising a strip of resilient material secured at one end to said sleeve, extending through the slot in the ferrule, and bent upon itself at its outer end to form a clampingtongue; and means forlimiting the movement of said sleeve.

3. The combination with a penholder-ferrule formed at one side with an elongated slot, of a slidingv sleeve on said ferrule; and an ejector extending through said slot secured at its upper end to the ferrule and bent at its lower end to form a spring clamping-tongue having a rounded extremity.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ALEXANDER ANDERSON.

\Vithesses:

T. \V. MCCOY, I'IARVEY LIILLER.

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